Django Social Media Project

This project is a simple social media application built with Django. It allows users to create an account, post content, and view posts from other users.

Features

• User authentication (sign up, log in, log out)
• Posting content with text and images
• Viewing a feed of posts from all users with infinite scrolling
• Prettify the post with clickable urls and YouTube thumbnails.
• Like, delete posts without refreshing the page.

Technologies Used

• Python
• Django
• HTML/CSS
• JavaScript
• Tailwind CSS for styling
• PostgreSQL for the database
• Docker for containerization

Getting Started

To get this project running on your local machine, follow these steps:

Prerequisites

• Python 3.8 or higher
• pip
• Docker and Docker Compose

Installation

1. Clone the repository to your local machine:

   git clone https://github.com/<your-username>/django-social-media.git
   

2. Navigate to the project directory:

   cd django-social-media
   

3. Create a .env file in the project root directory with the following contents:

   DEBUG=1
   SECRET_KEY=your_secret_key
   DJANGO_ALLOWED_HOSTS=localhost 127.0.0.1 [::1]
   SQL_ENGINE=django.db.backends.postgresql
   SQL_DATABASE=your_db_name
   SQL_USER=your_db_user
   SQL_PASSWORD=your_db_password
   SQL_HOST=db
   SQL_PORT=5432
   DATABASE=postgres
   

4. Create a .env.db file in the project root directory with the following contents:

   POSTGRES_DB=your_db_name
   POSTGRES_USER=your_db_user
   POSTGRES_PASSWORD=your_db_password
   POSTGRES_HOST=db
   POSTGRES_PORT=5432
   

5. Build and access the Docker container:

   sh run.sh
   

6. Create a superuser for Django admin (optional):

   python manage.py createsuperuser
   

7. Run the server:

   sh server.sh
   

8. Visit http://localhost:8000 in your web browser to view the application.

Configuration

• The database settings can be configured in the .env.db file.
• Additional Django settings can be configured in the .env file.

Deployment

1. Manual Deployment

   docker compose -f docker-compose.production.yml up --build
   

2. Continuous Deployment

   nohup ./cd.py &
   

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a pull request.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.